Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 8 the stars and stripes weekly saturday August 28, 1943  from the Fie id Battlefield of the Pacific Blitz on Berlin heaviest of War  Tiv Futi a Complete provisional Hospital unit was transported entirely by air for the first time in history during the sicilian Campaign. Ten planes were packed in Only 22 minutes and the Hospital a combined Clearing and collecting company provisional unit was moved from Agrigento to the Vicinity of Termini. Within two and one half hours the Hospital was set up to receive from 50 to 80 patients. Equipment moved included water trailer two jeeps litters blankets admission tent pyramidal tents Ward tents Kitchen rations for 200 and in addition 120 officers nurses and enlisted  a a the Speed of the Allied drive can Best be illustrated by the German mine menace or Lack of it. In the River bed West of Santa Agata american engineers found not Only a pest Hole full of Teller mines but to percent of them had Booby attachments. The Heinie had had plenty of time to do the Job. But from then on into Messina there were fewer and fewer mines the yanks Advance was too fast and  a a three p-40 pilots Are still walking about in a Daze thinking about what happened when they received their purple hearts recently. The medals were awarded by the glamorous person of prances Langford the Singer who toured Tunisia with the Bob Hope show. Prances decked herself out in an Orchid Slack suit an Orchid Halter and a Green snood which left her Tummy Bare. When she presented the medals to the flyers she topped each award with a resounding smack that was no will Hays kiss by any Means. The three Lucky boys Are 1st it. Ronald c. La give of Pittsburgh to James i. Poole of Clearfield penn., and to Cecil o. Dean of Panama City Fla. Capt. Walter b. Walker of Stamford conn., also got his medal but no kiss went with it. He thinks ifs a Nasty  a a the paratroopers favorite Story heard in Sicily goes like this one Day the jumpers leaped Quot somewhere in  most of them hit the Quot do Quot dropping zone but one Lone fellow came Down in a Cotton Field where negroes were picking the White fuzz. As the billowing Parachute floated earthward the Blacks hollering with Mystic terror fled the Field. All except one fat Mammy who on bended knee greeted with Awe stricken words the approaching paratrooper Quot morning Jesus How a your a Quot a a a the go us wears a fantastic uniform part gi., part native. He still Sticks to his Quot Djerba a a hooded Wool garment of ancient origin now turned out with a Zipper. This serves him As a combination combat jacket and sleeping bag. It. Hogan h. Ryan of Mon Claire n. J., the american Liaison officer with the Gou Miers is enthusiastic about the  just the thing for skiing he believes. A a v the jeep has been put to a new use furnishing the Power for the Rural flour Mills. Allied military occupational officials anxious to get a Mill near Caltanissetta under Way again set a jeep up on blocks slipped the propelling Belt around the rim of a rear wheel and soon the sicilians were getting their flour. The japanese new Guinea base at Salamata was under Allied artillery fire today As american and australian ground forces were reported within a mile of the Jungle ringed Airfield after a drive which in less than a week has pushed the japs from strongholds held for months. Line in map above indicates positions held by both allies and the japanese in current Southwest Pacific operations. The allies hold munds formerly key japanese Supply base for fighting in Tho Solomons and also the Island groups of Trobriand and Wood Lark. With the fall of Salamata. The last important Jap base on new Guinea is lae. Should it follow Sal Amaua a fall the japs would be forced again northward to their principal stronghold at Rabaul in new Britain which probably would be the target of a Large scale Allied offensive simultaneously from the Solomons and new  drive continued from Page i Allied leaders Promise stepped up Jap War a stepped up Anglo american offensive against Japan in the near future emerged As a certainty from the Well guarded Quebec conference Between president Franklin d. Roosevelt and prime minister Winston Churchill. Confirming their joint statement at the close of the meeting that the japanese Campaign occupied the largest part of the discussion of the chiefs of staff the Allied leaders a Day later announced the a ointment of lord Louis mount Batten As supreme Allied commander in Southeast Asia. The daring chief of the British commandos will direct All offensive operations against the japs from India and Ceylon. He has already begun discussions in Washington with adm. Ernest j. King com Mander in chief of us. Naval forces. If the world had expected momentous decisions to be announced at the Roosevelt Churchill press conference it was disappointed. Action on the several Battlefront of the Globe was planned the leaders said but the actual decisions could not be revealed before they were executed by the military chiefs. However momentous events have usually followed these meetings. Quot the secret decisions will be transmitted to Germany Italy and Japan in the Only language their twisted minds seem capable of understanding a president Roosevelt said wednesday in a Brief speech to the Canadian parliament at Ottawa. Even while assuring the Dominion legislators that the allies were determined to end the War in the shortest possible time the president said nothing that had not been said previously. Allied capitals looked Forward to a speech by Churchill tuesday to dear up certain details of the political discussion that received Little or no mention in the presidents talk or in their joint statement. The United states and British attitude on the declaration of Rome As an open City had not yet been cleared up although reliable reports said that the subject had been discussed at Quebec. The government of marshal Pietro Sadoglio has announced its position to Washington officially and has transmitted through diplomatic channels the provisions it has carried out to remove military installations from the italian capital. Another big question being asked in Washington As the week ended was Quot has Sumner Welles resigned and if so Why Quot neither Welles nor the state department would comment on a Washington evening Star report that he had Given up his Post As assistant Secretary of state. I and Tagan Rog West of the russian stronghold at Rostov. A More immediate threat to poltava however was the Large russian tank Force advancing Over stiff German resistance on the Banks of the Vorsila River less than 20 Miles North of poltava. In addition to its importance As the key railway Junction on one of the few remaining German held lines from Kiev to the Eastern Ukraine poltava holds a dominant position above the Bend of the Dnieper River. The Dnieper wends a circuitous path from Kiev to the Black sea and poltava stands less than 50 Miles from the River. Poltava has been outflanked on the North and Moscow reported that a powerful wedge was driving toward the railway to Kiev. If that line can be Cut poltava will be isolated and the russian Story of Orel and Kharkov will be repeated on a smaller scale. The Long fingers of two huge russian pincers were closing in on Sialino the chief City of the donets Basin. Pressing South from i Yum one russian column was at the Gates of Slavy Anck 60 Miles North of Stalin. And meeting powerful German counterattacks. The other Arm of the pincer was driving southwestward from Oroshi Novgrad in an attempt to Pierce the German defense line Between Stalin and Tagan Rog on the sea of Azov. The soviet forces were reported less than 30 Miles from Stalin and they appeared to be attempting to flank the City from the South while the troops from i Yum circled Stalin on the North  recognize continued from Page of Cen rating on the Job of defeating the ass. The tone of the British and american statements it was noted was extremely cordial. They began with a statement that each country wished to express its desire to Quot cooperate with All French patriots who Hope to liberate from enemy oppression the French people and French  in the american message it was said that the United states government Quot takes note with sympathy of the desire of the committee to be regarded As the body qualified to ensure the administration and defense of French  a a May the restoration of France come with the utmost Speed Quot the note  rations continued from Page i British naval forces Shell italian Mainland Allied Force Headquarters aug. 27�?British naval forces bombarded the railway near Locri tuesday night it was announced today. Locri is located under the toe of Italy about 20 Miles North Northeast of Cape spa Rativo. Which Are As tasty when one is darn hungry. He explained that while the canned Chow is not Home cooked it does overflow with Energy giving carbohydrates and vitamins. The malted milk tablets done to taste like malted milks because of the heavy Content of dextrose which gives the doughboy plenty of pick me up. The a ration chocolate does no to taste like chocolate because its packed full of Vitamin do. Quot its not supposed to be Candy. Its a  scattered evidence of inferior Quality foodstuffs in the a a a ration has been immediately referred to the War department by the theater quartermaster. An infantryman from the 3rd division sent two packs of Quot a Quot ration cigarettes full of Mold to the stars and stripes. Those cigarettes Are now on their Way to the quartermaster general i n Washington a a for necessary  a cd Quot ration chocolate does not disintegrate until the temperature is above 120 degrees said the spokesman. Reports that the chocolate in Quot a Quot ration does not meet these specifications is being Vest gated. London High Point of the past weeks air offensive against the fortress Europa was the wars largest raid on Berlin nerve Center of the Axis monday night. A tremendous Force of British and Canadian bombers fought through a powerful screen of enemy fighters to drop 1,700 tons of High explosives and incendiaries on the German capitals vital industries. Three Days after the fearful onslaught great fires still burned in the stricken City and a pall of smoke Hung blackly in the skies above. The air ministry did not announce the number of planes which made the historic smash at Berlin but it was known that the raid was nearly twice As heavy As any of the earlier attacks on Europe a greatest Industrial Center where 2 too too German workers produce thousands of planes tanks and guns. Fifty eight bombers and one fighter failed to return to their British bases. The weeks other notable event in the european air War was the completion of the first flying fortress shuttle raid. The destructive b-17�?Ts smashed air installations at Bordeaux in the South of France on their Way Back from Africa to their Britain bases. This was the second half of a round trip that had seen them Start out last week with a devastating attack on the Messerschmidt Plant at Regensburg. One High ranking american officer Here said that this single raid had knocked out 30 percent of Germany a Day fighter production. Swiss dispatches placed Berlin casualties As a result of Friday nights heavy raid at 12.000 killed 50,000 injured and 500,000 made  lash continued from Page i which came Over 15 minutes later was opposed by Only five Axis Craft. Middle East liberators and Naaf flying Foi tresses immediately followed up the attack of their Little Brothers with a devastating High level bombing of Landing grounds and the nearby Railroad Yards. Earlier in the week american marauders Bent on smashing the rail lines North and South of Naples met and blasted into defeat first a Force of 40 to 50 enemy fighters then next Day a tremendous determined swarm of 80 to too of the Axis interceptors. Raf and Roaf Wellington bombers steady As clockwork continued to plaster italian targets with bombs almost every night. There was obviously a two fold strategy in the weeks operations first to sever All the important North South rail transportation in Italy by heavy onslaught against the trunk Lim s on the East and West sides of the Peninsula and second to eat out the might of the Axis air Arm. Enemy aircraft attacked the Algiers area thursday night for Tho first time in almost three months. The defences brought Down three of the attacking planes. Several bombs were dropped but they caused negligible damage and Only a Small number of casualties. 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